Game Releases 2018: What to Look Forward to

It seems every year this generation has been even more jam-packed with new fall releases. 2018 continues this trend with a smorgasbord of triple-A titles yet to be released. Here are some of the games we’re looking forward to the most this year.

Sean Clerkin

Games Writer

Kingdom Hearts III (January 29 2019)

This is cheating a bit, but its original release window was in 2018! Kingdom Hearts III is easily my most anticipated game of the upcoming slew. Whilst I still believe that fans should manage their expectations, You can expect to see me outside GameStop at midnight, keyblade in hand.

Paul O’Malley

Games Writer

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (December 7th 2018)

There was an air of finality in Masahiro Sakurai’s words following the reveal of Ultimate. “The Smash series may continue in the future, but I don’t know if we’ll ever be able to pull this off, so I really hope you enjoy this iteration of the game”. If this is to be the final Smash game, then it is a fitting end. Every character who ever Smash’d, together at last on the battlefield, along with some new foes. This looks set to be the fighting game of the generation. Shine On, You Crazy Smash Ball!

Sean Byrne

News Writer

Darksiders III (November 27th, 2018)

We’ve had War, we’ve had Death and now it’s time for Fury! I’ve been a big fan of the Darksiders series since it first launched so you’d better believe I’m excited to see this one coming out. Especially when it looked to be dead and buried after THQ went out of business. Now, I’m not saying these were ever triple-A games, but there’s just something about their look and play-style that really won me over. There might be a different studio heading up the franchise these days, but I’m hopeful that they’ll do right by the Darksiders name, after all, there are some of the old Vigil Games crew still helping out. Fingers crossed us Darksiders fans will get another enjoyable game set in this entertaining world.

Dan Malone

Esports & Games Writer

GTFO (2018)

You and three friends rattle down into the misty underground in search of salvage. You move through the underground, dodging between sleeping fleshy monsters. Then you trip an alarm and suddenly the walls are being broken down by a horde of monsters. GTFO stands for, well, if you don’t know what that stands for you probably don’t meet the game’s age rating. Marketed as a “hardcore 4 player cooperative game”, when I first saw the announcement trailer, I was immediately reminded of Left 4 Dead‘s higher difficulties. There’s a strong focus of atmosphere, with procedurally generated levels. I’m excited to see if the game can offer a challenging, tense experience and discover what led to such a vile infestation of whatever these creatures are.

So what are you looking forward to for the rest of the year? Let us know in the comments below!

Games writer, former Games and Tech Editor for tn2magazine.ie, and a fan of great stories in games. My favourites include the Kingdom Hearts and Uncharted series, as well as Red Dead Redemption and Bioshock. I mostly play on PS4 and Switch, but I also have some thing called a Vita? Yeah I've never heard of it either.